Non-refillable bottle.



J. LALLI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

. INVENTOR TTORNEYS,

panying drawing,

UNITED sracrEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LALLI, 0F NEVIARK, n'Ew JEBsEY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF '10 LOUIS .snvoccHI, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. I

-App1icati0n filed November 19, 1913.

pour liquid from the bottle, the tilting being limited by a suitable weight, such as a ball, the ball acting as a stop for the sliding of the valve and causing the valve to tilt. The ball is further designed to act as an assurance of the seating of the valve, the ball being designed to rotate circumferentiallyon the valve when the bottle is handled, as bottles ordinarily are, with tiltings and cantings in its manipulation.

The invention is further designed to provide a flange in the bottle neck, which flange has a passage for liquid, and the bottom surface of the flange and the top face of the valve are so formed as to provide a guideway or channel for the ball to travel around on the valve, but preventing the seating of the ball in the passage ofthe flange.

The invention is illustrated in the accomin which- Figure 1 illustrates the top part of a bottle neck of my improved construction, the bottle and its parts being shown in section except for the ball and a small part of the valve. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the bottle turned to pour liquid from it. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3, in Fig. 1, looking upward, this view omitting the ball, and Fig. 4 is a similar view taken at the sameplace, but looking downward.

The bottle consists of a body portion 10 of any desired shape. the bottle having a throat 11 which forms the bottom part of the neck, the neck being preferably made in two pieces, the other part being embodied in a spout portion 12 which is fastened to the throat 11 in any desired manner, the drawing showing a juncture by means of screwthreads 13. The bottle neck is provided with a valve-seat, in the form shown in the drawing this seat being formed by the top edge 11 of the throat portion 11, although it Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 801,771.

will be understoodthat the valve-seat may be formed in the bottle neck in other ways. Resting on the valve-seat 14 is a valve 15 which has its bottom edge resting on the valveseat direct, or it can have a projecting circular bead'16 to fit on the valve-seat.

Depending from the valve is a pendant 17 which is so proportioned as to be of nearly the weight of the valve itself, the reasons for which will be set forth hereinafter. The valve is smaller in diameter than the inside wall 18 of the portion of the bottle neck surrounding-the valve, but in order to provide for a ositive flow of liquid through the valve when it is opened, I prefer to supply the valve with channels 19. The top face of the valve is recessed as at 20, the recessed portion being circumferential or annular, as clearly shown in Fig. The top surface of the valve has a raised central portion 21, which raised central portion is normally opposite a passage 22 in the flange 23. The flange 23 is located above the valve, and the passage 22, which is shown in the drawing as a single passage, may be made of separate holes, or can be disposed as desired. The flange is recessed as at 2 1 with a raised por: tion 25 surrounding the passage 22, whereby the recessed portion 2l is circumferentially disposed, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Resting on the valve is a ballv 26, which ball fits inthe recess 20, and the recess Qff, and can thus freely revolve around the raised central portion of the valve, but can not mount in the said central portion because the distance between the raised portion 25 and the raised portion21 is less than the diameter of the ball 26. Above the flange 23 I prefer to mountan upper flange 27 which is provided with openings 28 to permit-the passage of fluid, these openings being out of register with the channel in the flange 23 so as to make the route more circuitous and making it more diflicult to introduce wires and the like to interfere with the valve mechanism.

The weight or ball 26 acts to'more positively close the valve against its seat when it is in theposition shown in Fig. 1, particularly when a bottle. is about to be set down after it has been used, in which case it is very seldom held absolutely vertical and the canting and tilting to which the bottle is subjected causes the ball to travel around the valve and settle well into its place. When the bottle is tilted the ball immediately rolls to the loWest point in its travel, and as the tilting increases the ball receives the Weight of the valve, as shown in Fig. 2. The valve is held by the ball against its seat more or less ti htly on the lower, side, but the top side is allowed to tilt over to permit the passage of liquid around the valve and throughthe' channel When the bottle is brought to a horizontalposition, theball stays.

in the place shown in Fig. 2, but the pendant 17' acts-t0 pull theva-lve. shut, since theball, With itseasy rolling motion, allows the valve to swing to its closed position. As the bottle proceedstoward an upright position the ball is; released from the binding, due to the weight of the valve, and is again free to travel around the valve and by this rolling in the recess :20, insures the seating of the valve. on the valve-seatz The bottle is made of but few parts and its. operationis assured; since the ball cannot possibly become lodged in the channel 22', and it permits a free flowing of the liquid from the bottle, since the ball is al- WEtySb1162ttl1.tl16 channel 22 as it rolls around toits place as soon as the bottle beginstotilt, and lies at the bottom or lowest partof itsichannel orpathiot travel before the-valve tilts.

Vhile I have illustrated-the spoutportion and;the throat fastened together by a screw thread, suitable sealing means can be utilized to permanentlysecure the spout portion on thethroahxand the outlet 29 of; the

- bottle neck canybe closed bya cork or-any other desired closingmeans.

Having; thus. described my invention, What. I cla1m;1s:

l. A non refillable bottle comprising a. bottle necltvvith: a valve seat therein, a valve fitting on the seat, a. flange in said; neck.

above the valve,- the flange. having a passage forrliquidand a. ball on the valve, the top surfaceof the valve and the bottom face of the.- fiange being, recessed to provide a dellnite path of tra'velfor the ball and preventing the-ballfrom seating itself in the'passage.

2. A non refillable bottle comprising a bottle neck With a valve-seat therein, a valve fitting on the seat a'flange in the neck above the valve, the flange having a central passage, and a, ball on the valve, the lower face of the flange being raised at the edge of the passage, and the top surface of the valve being raised'opposite the passage, the distance between the raised portions of the flange and the valve being less than the diameter of the ball.

3; A: non refillable bottle comprising a bottleneck with avalveeseat therein, a valve fitting on the seat, a flange inthc neck above the'valve, thcflangehaving a central. passagefor fluid, and, a hall on tl'ie-valve,the bottoinisurlace of the; flange being raised at the ed eso't the passage,,the top face of the valve bein raised; at. the center opposite the passage, the distance, between said raised.

portion beinglessthan thev diameter of the hall, the hall: being thus freely movable around; the center of the valve but being preventedifroni becoming seated in the passage of the flange.

411N211 nonrefillable bottle comprising a bottle neclrwith avalve-seat therein, a valve fitting on the seat andihaving: a pendant, a flange in {the neck above the valve, the flange having a. central passage for liquid, the bot tom. surface of. the flange being circumferentially recessedivwith a raised: portion at the edges of the passage, the flange having its top ctace recessed circulnferenti ally and. havingai-v raised portionv opposite the passa ge of the'fiange, anda ballresting betweenthe recessedilaces of the valveandthe flange and- :Ereelvmovable circumferentially therein, the; ball being of larger. diameter than the space between the. raised portion ofthe flange andi-the valve.

Intestiinony, that 1 claim the foregoing, l have hereto set my. hand, this 15th day of November, L913.

JQHN i LALLI;

Yllitnesses WM. EL. GAMFIELD, M. A. J OHNSON.

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